Listen: Lightning Bolt – Hüsker Dön’t
Its hard to imagine anything more triumphant as a festival closer than a set by Lightning Bolt – and that’s what we experienced at the last year’s Big Ears. Amidst …
Song Premiere: Slaylor Moon – Scissor
What should one expect from a project with a name like Slaylor Moon? Could this be a harsh noise project centered on anime? A parody metal band? Judging by “Scissor” …
Song Premiere: Nervous Curtains – Paramilitary Re-Enactor
In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times. While Bertolt Brecht may not have lived long enough to see …
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Song Premiere: Mother Moses – Bowling Shoes
You might be a king or a little street sweeper but sooner or later you dance with the reaper. Picking up on a quote from Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey …
Song Premiere: Scyphozoan – Talk About Us
When it comes to music IHN prefers to reserve the phrase “this is something else” for very special cases and this here track is, indeed, something else. Imagine, if you …
Song Premiere: Sad Eyed Beatniks – Window Pane
As temperatures rise things also start heating up outside – instead of opening up politicians start fighting each other even more and even trains fail us. To cool things down …
Song Premiere: Ship & Sail – Get Clean
Rare it is to hear something as accomplished as From Seeds, debut from Michigan’s Ship & Sail (aka Colin Haggerty). All the intricate song arrangements and the atmospheric touches found …
Song Premiere: Watergate Sandals – Stray
“Stray”, by California’s self-proclaimed scooter rockers Watergate Sandals, starts out in a rather quiet and unassuming way. But that quietness turns out to be deceiving, as gradually they proceed to …
Song Premiere: Child Abuse – Grow a Pair / It’s My Time / Finally Free
We’re happy to report that as of 2019 the good old noise rock is still alive and kicking. Exhibit A came in the form of Psychic Graveyard’s Loud as Laughter …
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Song Premiere: Psychic Graveyard – Loud as Laughter
My son’s only word is breath And after years and years of tests And a cruel experiment in my chest All I have is waiting But there will never be …
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